Western Addition, San Francisco
37°46′57″N 122°25′42″W / 37.78250°N 122.42833°W
Western Addition | |
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A southern view from Alta Plaza Park, which is in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. Most of the valley in the central part of this image is in the Western Addition neighborhood. | |
Western Addition Location within Central San Francisco | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′57″N 122°25′42″W / 37.782472°N 122.428315°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Bilal Mahmood |
| • State Assembly | Matt Haney (D) and Catherine Stefani (D) |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.463 sq mi (1.20 km2) |
| • Land | 0.463 sq mi (1.20 km2) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 12,934 |
| • Density | 27,919/sq mi (10,780/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 94102, 94109, 94115, 94117 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
The Western Addition is a name describing an area of what is now central San Francisco. There are two distinct senses of the term. The first, and most widely used today, describes a neighborhood in the west-central part of the city, often treated as more or less synonymous with the Fillmore District.
The second historical sense describes a broad section of the city that was platted in 1850s and consisted of some 500 square blocks. This was an area north of Market Street and Ridley Street (now Duboce Avenue) and west of Larkin Street (the western edge of San Francisco early in the city's history), spanning westward to Divisadero Street, hence the name "Western Addition", because it built out the city westward from the existing urbanized area. In this historical sense, it describes a broad area of San Francisco including neighborhoods like the Pacific Heights that are not considered at all part of the Western Addition today.
The definition of the Western Addition has continued to change through the 20th and 21st centuries as urban renewal plans and gentrification has further subdivided the neighborhood, with enclaves such as the Upper Fillmore (later redesignated "Lower Pacific Heights") and Hayes Valley took on a separate and often more affluent character.